lsass.exe - system error

tbomkamp

Posted 06 June 2005 - 05:38 PM

Hi, I came home from work today and my computer is giving me the following message when I try to boot:

"lsass.exe - system error
An invalid parameter was passed to a service or function."

When I click OK, the computer reboots.

It's an HP Pavilion ze4530US notebook, XP Home SP2, 768MB RAM, Adaware SE, Spybot, AVG, Spywareblaster, all up to date. I get the message when the screen goes blue saying windows is loading right before the windows login screen.

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Posted 06 June 2005 - 06:34 PM

tbomkamp

Posted 06 June 2005 - 06:50 PM

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I was hoping it wouldn't come to this, the notebook was bought as an "open box" model and didn't come with a recovery disk. Will any XP or XP pro disk work with my product key to do a recovery? If not, do I call Microsoft or HP to get a new one.

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Posted 06 June 2005 - 06:54 PM

tbomkamp

Posted 06 June 2005 - 09:39 PM

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I'm going to call HP tomorrow morning to have them send out another recovery disk - only open 8-8 EST.

Could this have had anything to do with it: http://www.geekstogo...ory-t32017.html? I was almost sure that I had restarted since this, but now I'm not sure. Thanks for your help tonight. I'll let you know what HP says. If I have any Q's when the disk shows up I'll post back here.

tbomkamp

Posted 07 June 2005 - 12:54 PM

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My question from my previous post was concerning the firefox extension. Could that have been the cause of the registry corruption?

I spoke with HP this morning; they are sending out a recovery disk. Only problem is, they told me their disk would wipe my HD and reinstall windows with all factory software. I read through these topics:

but they all require an XP installation CD or a separate computer to transfer files with. Is my only other option to go buy a new copy of XP home so I don't lose all my saved data. I can get a copy of XP PRO through the student bookstore for $6, but they won't have any in stock for a few weeks.

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Posted 07 June 2005 - 01:03 PM

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A recovery disk will indeed wipe the drive and remove all data...with a full windows disk, you could use a couple of methods to save the data and then reinstall windows, leaving the data intact, but the safest way by far is to move the data off the computer.

tbomkamp

Posted 07 June 2005 - 01:26 PM

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Is there any difference between any of the 2.5" enclosures? I found one at micro center for $17: http://www.microcent...duct_id=0183919I don't see the difference between this one and the $40 enclosures. Let me know if I am asking for trouble buying the cheap one. Thanks for everyone's help so far.